Two articles that examine different ways that authors can get their work out into the wilds. Hopefully print-on-demand will allow independent bookstores to remain viable businesses, their success determined by a convivial atmosphere, thoughtful staff, and place in the community rather than the tonnage on their shelves. As for self-publishing, I think it is the inevitable future of digital books– critics and social media will primarily serve as filters against the inevitable crap, critics accumulating value through the accuracy and consistency of their aesthetic judgment while social media spins connections between disparate and/or unknown books.